But if you’re one of those students who isn’t satisfied with how Vancouver post-secondary institutions give their students access to affordable transportation, having a look at how they do things in Toronto is guaranteed to change your mind.

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) offers a post-secondary Metropass for $116.75 per month. It’s $30 cheaper than a regular Metropass, and is only available to degree and diploma students, who must also pay an additional seven dollars for a TTC issued ID card. Students in certificate programs aren’t eligible at all.

The U-Pass works in Vancouver because students, government and TransLink figured out a way to offer daily commuters a substantially discounted transit pass while keeping it cheap enough that the mandatory monthly fee is palatable to other students.

It doesn’t compensate for the fact that the Canada Line was poorly planned—it’s tiny platforms and two-car trains won’t be able to meet the demands of a growing and densifying South Vancouver population for much longer.

And while these problems are real, they are the same problems that face any growing municipality.

But for now, we can bask in the glow of a deeply discounted transit pass while we wait in the rain for the next bus. Or maybe the one after that.